﻿Title: tools to install on dev system

# Tools to install on VS2013 development system

## MultiMarkdown

Download the [MultiMarkdown installer](http://fletcherpenney.net/multimarkdown/download/) 
and run it. MultiMarkdown is used to convert Markdown text files to HTML files.
I installed `MMD-windows-4.4.2.exe`.

## node.js

Download the install kit from the [node.js website](http://nodejs.org/) and 
run it. I installed `node-v0.10.23-x64.msi`.

## Ruby

Download the [Windows Ruby Installer](http://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/) and
run it. I used the 64-bit stable version `rubyinstaller-2.0.0-p353-x64.exe`.

During the install, make sure that you __check__ both:

* Add Ruby executables to your PATH
* Associate .rb and .rbw files with this Ruby installation

## SASS

[Sass](http://sass-lang.com/) is a CSS preprocessor. To install it, use 
the command line, 
__not__ with _Run as administrator_, like so:

	gem update --system
	gem install sass -v 3.2.12


## Compass

[Compass](http://compass-style.org/) provides some very useful Sass mixins.
To install it, use the command line, __not__ with _Run as administrator_,
like so:

	gem update --system
	gem install compass -v 0.12.2

## highlight.js

[highlight.js](http://highlightjs.org/) provides syntax highlighting for
text inside `<pre><code>` blocks. Version is 8.0.

I made a custom package that highlights:

* C#
* C++
* CSS
* HTML, XML
* HTTP
* JSON
* JavaScript
